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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Oman	Qatar	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	627	433
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	659	438
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	691	443
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	724	448
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	757	454
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	850	460
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	1,001	467
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	1,153	474
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	1,306	482
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	1,460	491
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	1,615	500
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	1,770	509
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	1,904	521
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	2,010	533
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	2,103	547
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	2,187	560
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	2,261	571
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	2,326	586
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	2,384	599
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	2,435	610
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	2,480	623
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	2,519	633
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	2,553	643
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	2,559	651

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Oman, Qatar, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.